Silas tuttle



(ModeL) S. TUTTLB, Jr.

. REGISTER FRONT. No. 311,154. Patented Jan, 20,1885.

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WITNESSES. INVENTOR.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

SILAS TUTTLE, J R. OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

REGISTER-FRONT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,154, dated January 20, 1885. Application filed Anril3,1884. (Model) 7 T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known'that I, SILAS TUTTLE, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hot- Air Register-Fronts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a new and improved construction of ornamental register fronts, in a contrivance of the open fret-work intwoconspicuously-differentelements,adapted to bring out in bolder and more brilliant relief the ornamental figures, the said two elements being the portion of the fret-work comprising the ornamental figures setin conspicuous relief on a subordinated frame-work of the same material, to connect and give the required strength to the more conspicuous ornamental portion.

Registers when set in the openings to the flues for heating or ventilating rooms present a dark or obscure background, which I find can be utilized by the improved construction which I propose to produce,and give the most beautiful effects possible to the ornamental front, as hereinafter fully described, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, which represent afront elevation of a registerfront constructed according to my invention in Figure 1, and a transverse section of the same in Fig. 2.

I make the front of one part, a, which consists of an ornamental design, in relief, and another part, b, which consists of a depressed frame-work or net-work, of bars, 1), upon which the first part is supported. The whole may be cast together integral one part with the other; or the part in relief may be madeseparately and planted upon and attached to the frame-work when the two parts are required to be of different metals. The part in relief having its surface raised above the other is polished or otherwise brilliantly finished, and the frame-work b is left untouched, the surface being mottled or granulated or darkened, if needed.

When the register thus constructed is'placed in the wall, the obscure background cand the illuminated or polished ornaments in relief produce in effect when placed in certain angles of reflected light a brilliant glistening design appearing to be suspended in the opening, the dead work being entirely obscured. The part alof the front may project more or less beyond the part b, according to circumstances; but a distance about equal to the width of part b is a good proportion.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A register-front of fret-work, constructed with an ornamental design in relief on a subordinated dead finished or equivalent depressed frame-work supporting the same,substantiall y as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

SILAS TUTTLE, JR.

Witnesses:

THOMAS S. HIGKEY, .ARTHUR O. TUTTLE. 

